Tag: small business expert

5 Tips for Succeeding in a Family-Owned Business

Mom and pop shops are a big part of our American culture. It’s the picture many of us conjured up when we visualized a small business — very Normal Rockwell. But today technology has dramatically changed the small business landscape to the point where you might think the family-owned business — the corner grocery store so to speak — has disappeared. Well, think again.

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Can Anyone Become an Entrepreneur? Forbes.com

To answer this question, I spoke with Susan Wilson Solovic, who is the author of It’s Your Biz: The Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Boss. Susan is owner and co-founder of It’sYourBiz.com, a highly successful video news and information site for entrepreneurs. She is a weekly small business contributor on ABC’s Money Matters and a featured blogger on the Huffington Post. She is the author of several books, including The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business. In this interview, Susan talks about how most people aren’t cut out for entrepreneurship, ways to make a startup idea work, and how to market your business on a shoestring budget.

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